diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5f645efa843..0926737463b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Features added
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
 
+* #8074: napoleon: Crashes during processing C-ext module
+
 Testing
 --------
 
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/napoleon/docstring.py b/sphinx/ext/napoleon/docstring.py
index 52abf975339..29799cb06c3 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/napoleon/docstring.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/napoleon/docstring.py
@@ -1074,7 +1074,10 @@ def __init__(self, docstring: Union[str, List[str]], config: SphinxConfig = None
         super().__init__(docstring, config, app, what, name, obj, options)
 
     def _get_location(self) -> str:
-        filepath = inspect.getfile(self._obj) if self._obj is not None else None
+        try:
+            filepath = inspect.getfile(self._obj) if self._obj is not None else None
+        except TypeError:
+            filepath = None
         name = self._name
 
         if filepath is None and name is None: